Private 203273 John SMITH

Private 203273 John Smith{gallery}Pte J Smith{/gallery}1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 27th September 1917, aged 37

• Buried: Prowse Point Military Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium. Grave III.B.13
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Julia Smith of 50 Wood Street, Wood End
• NNWFHS Memorial: Hurley
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Smith
• NNWFHS Hurley War Memorial Page
• Prowse Point Military Cemetery
• Worcestershire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1878 in Hurley
  
• Employed as a coal miner
  
• Living as a boarder at 28 Victoria Street, Rotherham
• Enlisted at Nuneaton